The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-17 00:00:00

COUItT CIRCO-LAB, Lady Torrington left the Castle yesterday. The Rev, the Provost of Eton, and Colonels Bouverie, Majesty and Drummond h a d th e h onour o f dining with her .u.ajesty yesterday. .Thi s eveni ng L or d Alf re d P aget w ill h ave th e h onour o f Ailing the Royal dinner party. The D _ ae Juke o f C am b r id ge arr i ve d i n t own on S a t ur d a y from the seat of the Right Hon. Sir Gore Ousley, at Hall Barne Park, Bucks. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended q Barones s Ahl e f e ld t, a l so arr i ve d at C am b r id ge H ouse from Kew. His Excellency Mr. Stephenson, the American minister, and his lady, returned to town on Saturday, from a visit of some days to her Majesty, at Windsor. Sir Joh n H ersc h e l! , Si r J o h n R ose, M r. M uter, an d M r. L angslow, had interviews with Lord Glenelg on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the C olonial -office for Sir A. Woodford, Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar. The Russian and French Ambassadors, the Prussian and Grecian Ministers, transacted business on Saturday at the F oreign -office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council were occupied during the whole of the sitting on Saturday with an appeal from British Guiana— " John Campbell, sen., and Co., v. Wilkinson, Dent, and others." Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard for the appellant, and Mr. Knight, Queen's Counsel, for the re spondent. Judgment was deferred. The Lords present wer e —Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice %B a nquet, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. Hervey Aston (Ist Life Guards), at Mivart's H o t e l, Brook -street, f r o m B r i g ht on ; M r . an d Mrs. Parr, at ditto, from a visit to Baron and Baronets Dimsdale, at their seat, Camfield Place, Herts; his Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, at ditto, from a visit to the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley, at their seat, Addington Park, near Croy don ; Viscount and Viscountess Combermere, in Hanover square, from Brighton ; Viscount Howick, in Whitehall Garde ns , from Windsor Castle ; Sir George and Lady Louisa Murray, in Wimpole-street, from Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight; Sir Charles Dalbiac, in Hanover-square, from Yorkshire ; the American Minister and Mrs. Stevenson, in Portland place, from a visit to ber Majesty, at Windsor Castle; the Dowager Countess of Mountnorris, in Great Cumberland street, from Leamington Spa ; Viscount Castlereagh, in C hapel -street, Park-lane, from Paris ; Lady Mary Bentinck, in Clarges- street, from a tour; Mr. Spencer de Horsey, M. P., !lid Lady H. de Horsey, in Grosvenor-street, from Paris ; Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, in Curzon-street, from a visit to the E ar l and Countess Bruce, at Savanache Lodge, near Marl borough, Wilts ; Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P., and the Hon. Ri 2 - Currie, in Hyde Park-terrace, from Lord Wodehouse's , Enberley, Norfolk. DEPARTURES. The Rev. John and Mrs. Peel, from Mivart's Hotel, Brook street, for Canterbury ,• the Dowager-Countess Cowper and ' l '4 4 +! icl Y Fanny Cowper, from Grosvenor-street, for Brighton; earl Loftus, from ' Conduit-street, for the Continent; the ;',_ 41 •1 de Grey, from St. James's-square, for Leamington . Spa; `ue Duke of Richmond, from Portland-place, for his seat, .? ? ?Wwood Park, Sussex% Colonel Hugh Baillie, M. P., and ". Baillie, from Mortimer-street, for Brighton; Sir Francis i 3 urd e t t , B art., M. P., from St. James ' s-p l ace , f or Birming- R M ; Mr. and Mrs. Dering, from Chapel-street, Grosvenor. Nuare, for Ayott St. Lawrence, Herts ; Hon. Mrs. Hale , To r ditto. , CHANGES. The M ar • qws and Marchioness of Normanby, at their seat, Wentworth Castle, Whitby, from a visit to the Earl Fitzwilliam, "entworth House, near Rotherham, Yorkshire; the Duchess de Cannizzaro, at Brighton, from a tour; the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, at their seat, Dalhousie Castle, Scot. al nd ' e f i r l oni a tour; the Hon. Colonel and Lady Harriet Clive, p ar , nal-grove, n e ar Broemsgrove, from their seat, Oakley e K, near L u dl ow • the D uke an d D uc h ess o f B ucc l euc h, ac inapanied b y the ' Earl of Dalkeitb, Earl Howe, Viscount _ Mary qn, and Lord Scott, from Paris, en route to Naples; Lady Leslie, at Dorking, Surrey, from Brighton ; Lord and W°Y Wo rs l ey , at t h e family seat, A ppu ld ereom b e , I s l e of gilt, from a visit to Sir J. and Lady Copley, at their seat , srotborough, near Doncaster ; Lord Lynedoch, at Holkham, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Leicester, from L s Seat. Balgowan, Perthshire ; the Countess of Airlie , at Nnington Spa from Airlie Castle, Forfar the Hon. H. M. p , and Mrs. Liddell, at Brighton, on a visit to I t "r`l Georg e ' Seymour, from the seat of Lord and Lady kevenawortii, Ravensworth Castle, Northumberland ; the (4• 1 ' A. Cole, at Florence Court, Ireland, from a tour ; i r l a i l i es Anne an d C a th er ine Beresford, at Curraghmore, on a t° the Marquis of Waterford, from Dublin; the Earl and Atlet l ntess of G u ildf or d, an d Lord North and family, at Old g ir l esford, their seat, in Hants, from Waldershaw, near Dover ; in Bedfordshire Ongl e y, B ar t., a t Leamington Spa, from his seat ; the E ar l an d Countess of Sandwich, at toh from. Paris ; Viscount Exmouth, at Rome, from Milan; e e e D owager L a d y Sh aw S tewart , a t Wimbledon, on a visit t he. o Duke a n d D uc h ess o f S omerse t, f ro m Leamington Spa ; ve r ° and Lady W aterpar k, at t h e i r sea t in Derbyshire, from a to the Earl and Countess of Lichfield, at Shugborough ";a, near Lichfield ; Sir James H. Williams, Bart., M. P., ZLady Mary Williams, at their seat, Clovelly Court , fro m n ' 1 . 14 to the Earl and Countess of Fortescue, at Castle Hill , of Ex etor ; th e D u k e an d D uc h ess o f S u therland, Marquis 0 in , d B ,_tafford, and family, at Rome, from Florence ; Viscount s e .. Viscountess Marsham, at Mote Park, near Maidstone, the dy °f the Ea r : and Countess of Romney, from a visit to Harriet Scott, at Hastings. DER MAJESTY'S INTENTION TO VISIT SCOT -4N b,„ following' is an extract of a letter dated Ken --ure . 4 411 Perthshire, Dec. :—" Workmen have been . busy 7. r ig the last summer anal autumn in building a wing to trgYinouth Castle, the magniscent seat of the Marquis . of Areadalbane, to correspond with that on the east side, which re ed Part of the original building. The completion of t e buildi ng i s i n consequence o f a n expec t e d visit of roy i_eY-• It i s fi xe d t h at our young Q ueen is to visit her an : n.. tx ell!: kin g d om o f S cot l an d a b out J une or J u ly next ; and 4e m° at of no bl emen ' s res id ences t o b e h o noured by her pre- Taymouth Castle occupies a distinguished place. e erections in progress are intended for the accommoda °r the numerous retinue which must necessarily accom °Y the royal progress. '1: 1 ' 1 W LATE LADY ELIZABETH HARCOURT.— tellll3o raortal remains of this highly-respected lady, that were 1 4 ariiv interred at Miian, where her Ladyship's disso :ll3a took place, have been removed to this country, and t o ,, re deposited a few days since in the family vault at Staun- Harcourt, in the neighbourhood of the family scat, atieharn Park, Oxfordshire. , u p lrhe D u k e an d D uc h ess o f Bedford and the Ladies 4 11;lriii aria and Rachael Russell have arrived o f Woburn 0 4 4 . Bed s , from their villa at Camden - hill. A famil y will assemble at the Abbey the latter end of this Which will include the Marquis and Marchioness of "cor n , Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock, Lord ""adY Charles Russell, &c. th Ile Earl and Countess of Leicester have during It:Past week been seeing company at Holkham Hall. His t h l al Highness the Duke of Sussex and Lady Cecilia t: ,s' e rwood, accompanied by Lord John Churchill, were to t t : e A taken their departure on Saturday for Kinmel Park, L it / l aPb, on a visit to Lord Dinorben. Lord Lynedoch tot ar rived on a visit to the Earl and Cou ntess from Bal p 'an, Perthshire. Lord Coke has joined the family from th e Frampton House, on the 11th inst., Sir la dy of R. B. Sheridan, Esq., and daughter of the late Neelquhoun Grant, of a son and heir. iii k .: lo lßS OF CHARLES MATHEWS, COME ttet;:,---" These volumes (says the Examiner), are ex ' ao ll amusin g . We should not hesitate indeed to pro el4tnee' thi . biography of Mathews decidedly the plea bee eat Piece of dramatic anecdote and chit-chat that has to t4h.Published in our time. Two causes have contributed the fi rs t th e high and estimable character of the Ilisl a e t ` of the biog-raphy, no less in his early days than in alivi —e "; and the se cond the fortunate circumstance of his ver ng left behind him, in the shape of materiel, not only ! eta, Ybobarming auto-biography, but a vast quantity of let -11, rae - „:g i ,noing as early as his very outset in lif e , and em '4n 1- 5 t he mention of almost every incident in it. To this th e good cha nce , i n espec i a l, we have to attribute much of 1 4, te Pee uliar int erest an d va l ue o f the work. In these vo foe,. awe foll ow every step o f t h e great Comedian's pro- Po betw een t h e grades of twe l ve s hillings and twenty Pa a week, an d catc h f rom his own lips almost every to e r „ ' l4 d fear that assailed him up to the day when all were Ah e ilitoe abso r b e d i n hi s tr i ump h a t the little Theatre in tati e oYolarket.' The reader may judge from this how teatioll 4 ° will fi n d i n t h e b oo k we ll worthy his best at- W INDSOR, SUNDAY.—Her M a j esty atten d e d Di v i ne Servic e at St. George's Chapel this morning. The Queen went to chapel in a close carriage, accompanied by Lady Mary Stopford and Lady Tavistock, and in the second car riage were the Hon. Mrs. Brand and the Hon. Misses Pitt and Murray. The following were also in attendance : - -Hon. G. Byng, Viscount Melbourne, Major Keppel, and Colonel Buckley. The service was King in C throughout, and the anthem " My God, my God, look upon me," Rey nolds. The Rev. C. W. Knyvett read the first part of the service, and the Rev. the Provost of Eton and the Hon. and Rev. E. Moore officiated at the altar ; the latter preached the sermon from lst chapter of St. John, 23d verse. Mr. G. J. Elvey, Mus. Bac., presided at the organ. The eQueen walked o n th e t errace i n t h e a f ternoon , at atened by Viscount Melb ourne , Vi scoun t T orr i ng t on , L a dy v d istoek, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Brand, Major Keppel, Col one l Buckley, and the Hon. Misses Pitt and Murray. Yeste r d ay her Majesty took her usual exercise on horse back. Cleveland-row, Dec. 15, 1838. SIR-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your communication, enclosing the copy of an address from the Westminster Reform Association, and expressing a wish that I should receive it from the hands of a deputation. I should have been proud to receive the address itself expressive as it is of principles in which I entirely concur, if I had had no cognizance of the proceedings of the meet ing at which it was adopted ; but these having been re ported to the public, I feel it my duty to state, that they entirely preclude .me from receiving the deputation to which you refer. The Chairman was chosen unanimously, and the meeting voted him their thanks. He called upon them to forget strong opinions on the subject of Canada, in order to con sider whether they could " make use of" me for the fur therance of their own objects. Other speakers were even more candid in the avowal of their insincerity. Dr. Wade said, that, "as an advocate of universal suffrage, he was perplexed ; for he did not see how he could support an address to one who advocated household suffrage." Yet he did support that address ; and on the ground, as he declared, that I could be made use of as a stepping -stone for the advantage of the Radical party. These senti ments, and the purposes implied by them, when viewed in conjunction with the address, appear to have been cor dially approved. I have cited the above passages in order that there may be no sort of misapprehension as to my reasons for de clining to receive the address. I lay aside, as of no im portance, all that passed at the meeting, which might be considered personally injurious to me, and confine myself to the manifest contradiction between the purport of the ad dress and the objects of the meeting. The address says one thing, the meeting intended another ; and the whole of the proceedings, taken as one act, abounds in evidence of gross insincerity. I cannot be a party, indirectly or re motely, to any such mode of dealing with public affairs. As I am ever ready to declare frankly what measures I think desirable, so will I always state my objection to pur poses of which I conscientiously disapprove. If I had merely responded to this address, knowing as I do that many from whom it proceeds entertain opinions and seek objects which I utterly repudiate as destructive to the peace and very existence of society, I should have shared in misleading, not to say deceiving, the public. And that is what I will never do, come what may. The address refers to my unchanged and unchangeable opinions in favour of diligence in the work of progressive re form. This I hold to be the only means by which great national calamities may be averted. I know of no other means by which the true ends of all political exertion may be secured—namely, the instruction, the respectability, and self-respect, and the permanent dignity and happiness of the whole people, without distinction of classes. To these great ends I believe that the stability of the Throne, the security of property, and the prosperity of industry, are not less essential means, than the realization of those principles which I expressed to the people of Scotland in 1834. But I will not pretend ignorance of ulterior designs on the part of those who agreed to the address, which are com pletely at variance with the objects and principles to which I have adverted. It becomes me, therefore, openly to de clare my disapprobation of them, and my determination to oppose myself as strongly to their execution, as I hope to labour diligently in the cause of safe, attainable, and there fore efficient Reform. For these reasons I must 'decline receiving the deputa tion. I will not run the risk of deceiving any one. There shall be no mistake in any quarter as to my opinions or ob jects. I cannot accept support so tendered, or an address so voted. In other circumstances, I should have considered it as an honourable and gratifying mark of public confidence. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, DURHAM. W. West, Esq., Hon. Secretary of the Westminster Reform Association. MR. PROUT'S REPLY. MY LORD,—AS Chairman of the DEPUTATION of the WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY, appointed to present the address of the Society to your Lordship, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's com munication of Saturday night. The DEPUTATION respectfully beg leave to inform ♦our Lordship, that the SOCIETY consists of ELECTORS of WEST MINSTER, and was formed in the year 1833, for the purpose of attaining— 1. Householders' Suffrage, 2. Triennial Parliaments, 3. Voting by Ballot ; And that it never has had any covert or ulterior object. The following are the " Principles and Measures" advo cated by the '6 WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY," fully and literally extracted from the original proceedings of the Association : PRINCIPLES AND MEASURES. The Vote by Ballot. An Extension of the Suffrage to every Householder in the Kingdom ; and that each Constituency returning Two Mem bers to Parliament ought to consist of at least 5,000 Electors. The Repeal of the 27th clause of the Reform Act, which makes the Payment of Rates and Taxes (before a particular day) a condition of the Franchise. Triennial Parliaments. A more extensive Reform of Municipal Corporations, espe cially those of London and Ireland. A Repeal of the Window and Corn Taxes, so grievously pressing upon the Industry of the country. The Abolition of all Pensions not merited by known Pub lic Services. The Removal of all Taxes which impede the Diffusion of Knowledge amongst the People, but most especially the Stamp Duty upon Newspapers. A Reform of the Church Establishment. A Proper Application of the Funds known to exist in the Country for the purposes of Education. Your Lordship, from your long experience of the pro ceedings of Public Bodies, must be well aware that it is impossible to prevent the expression of sentiments at va riance with those entertained by a majority of the members, and we submit to your Lordship, that if the opinions of some individuals in a large number are to be considered as sufficient ground for refusing to receive Addresses voted all but unanimously by the collective body, it will always be in the power of some individuals, either from conscien tious motives, or from evil intentions, to nullify the proceed ings of any number, however large the meeting, and how- - ever important the proceedings may be to the welfare of the country. The Deputation appointed by the Westminster Reform Society to present their Address to your Lordship, have di rected a copy of the speech of the Mover of the Address, as taken from the notes of a short-hand writer, to be forwarded to your Lordship; and they assure you that it contains the true ground on which the meeting adopted the Address. The Deputation enclose for your Lordship's perusal the rules for the government of the Society. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, THOMAS PROUT, Westminster, 229, Strand, Dec. 17, 1838. To the Right Hon. the Earl of Durham, &c. &c. (COPY.)—RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY. Ist. That all Electors of Westminster, and persons entitled by their tenancy to become so, be eligible as members on being nominated by two members of the Society. 2d. That a Subscription of not less than five shillings per annum be paid by each member ; and that the Treasurer re ceive donations from persons not being members. 3d. That a Committee of Management be annually appointed, and that the number of attendances which each member of the Committee has given be annually reported to the general body. 4th. That the Committee do consist of Twenty-three Members, selected from the different Parishes of the City and Liberty of Westminster. sth. That the Committee shall have the power to call to gether the general body as often as occasion may require. 6th. That the Committee have power to appoint a Trea surer from their own body. 7th. That the Committee have power to appoint a Secre tary, and of awarding him such a payment for his services from out of the funds of the Society as they may consider necessary. Bth. That the Committee be elected at a General Meeting of the Society, to be held within One Month after the Ist of January in each year, and that the Election be by Ballot. 9th. That the Committee report at least once a ,ear the result of their labows. 10th. That Three Members be appointed Yearly from the general body to Audit the accounts of the Treasurer. LORD DURHAM'S REPLY TO THE WESTMINSTER,REFORM ASSOCIATION. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1838. Noble Earl was, that they feared if the Whigs were turned out he would be enabled to step into the shoes of the lat ter, to the exclusion of the former. He was of opinion that the Radicals of Westminster, as a party, should not interfere in a scramble between thieves.—(Laught er and cheers.) He had not as yet heard any thing from the Earl of Durham, that showed him more liberal than the Members of the present Administration. Lord Durham had acted with Government in the views they had taken up to the time of his appointment to the Governor-Gene ralship of Canada. Did he not support Government in carrying all their measures, no matter how illegal, in the House of Lords ? Did he support Lord Brougham in his advocacy of Vote by Ballot ? The real truth was, Lord Durham wished now to make a catspaw of the Liberals. Did they think they could get anything from Lord Dur ham ? Did they think they could get anything from any of the aristocracy ? Never. If the question of the Ballot were brought forward to-morrow in the House of Lords, he ventured to say Lord Durham would be as silent as the grave with respect to it.—(Hear, and No.) What would Lord Durham say when he saw six or seven of them waiting upon him with an address, and forming a deputa tion from that political body who opposed his going out to Canada, and deprecated the passing of the Act that vested in him despotic power? Why, he would laugh at their inconsistency.—(Hear, hear.): Mr. M‘LEon said it was difficult to confide in any public man ; but he thought Lord Durham worthy of their con tidence.—(Hear, hear.) He would not say a word about this Noble Earl's Administration of the affairs of Canada. He considered all public men great humbugs, but Lord Durham was as small a humbug as could be found among them.—( Hear, and laughter.) Mr. C. SMITH supported the address, as he conceived th effect of it would be to elicit from Lord Durham opinions and perhaps a statement more explicit than he had as yet made as to the line of conduct he intended to pursue.—(Hear.) A good deal of discussion ensued ; finally Mr. Kemp's amendment was put and negatived. Mr. PROUT moved that the address he had read should be presented to Lord Durham. Mr. KEOGH seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN read the address to the meeting, which appeared in The Sun of Thursday last. Mr. KEur said he did not rightly understand the words " factious misrule" (in the address). Mr. PROUT—By that expression I mean the two great factions of the country, whose object is the plunder of the people. Mr. k.ENIP—If so, you may add Lord Durham and his partisans as a third plundering faction.—(Hear, and laughter.) The address was then put from the chair and carried by a large majority. A deputation having been appointed to wait with it for the purpose of presentation on the Earl of Durham, the meeting, after a vote of thanks to the Chair man, separated. WESTMINSTER REFORM ASSOCIA TION—ADDRESS to the EARL OF DURHAM. [The following is the report of the meeting, as it appeared in the Morning Chronicle of Friday, with the exception of Mr. Prout's speech, which we have received from authority.] On Wednesday evening a special and numerous meeting of the Westminster Reform Association took place at the York Hotel, Covent-garden, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of presenting an address to the Earl of Durham, on his arrival in this country. Mr. TROTT was unanimously voted to the chair. He said that every person was aware that, some time ago, the members of that Association expressed their disap proval of the proceedings of the present Government with respect to the appointment of Lord Durham as Governor- General of Canada, and the almost unlimited and des potic powers entrusted to him. However, that time was gone by ; and, leaving the affairs of Canada out of the question, they were met either to approve or reject an address to Lord Durham on his return to this country, an address that would have no connection with his administra tion of Canadian affairs. The Earl of Durham was now in this country, and what they had to consider was, whether they could make use of him or not in the furtherance of the objects the association had in view.— (Hear, hear.) He looked upon the Noble Earl in the light of a trump card that had been turned up at a very op portune moment. There was little doubt but the,Noble Earl would stand in opposition to Ministers ; indeed, symptoms of that opposition had already manifested themselves in the resignation by his Countess of her situation as lady of the bed-chamber to the Queen.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. PROUT—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I take upon myself the introduction of an address to the Right Hon. the Earl of Durham on the occasion of his return to this country.—(Hear.) In order, Gentlemen, that there may be no misconeeption as to the question you have this evening to discuss and decide upon--in order that you may thoroughly understand and be in full possession of the na ture of the address I intend to submit to your considera tion, I will, with your permission, read it to you at this stage of our proceedings. I hope, Gentlemen, that the matter will obtain your best consideration, and that you will calmly discuss it in all its various bearings, for it is only by deliberate discussion that we can arrive at a rational and sure conclusion.--(Hear.) [Mr. Prout here read the Address, which will be found •in another part of this report.] This, Gentlemen, is the address, which, if this meeting entertain the propriety of presenting one at all, I shall at a later period of the evening move to be voted to the Earl of Durham. I believe, Gentlemen, that you are all aware that the Earl of Durham had a considerable share in framing the Reform Bill, and I understand that the Noble Earl actually drew up the draught of a Bill, contain ing provisions far more liberal than does the Bill which is now the law of the land.—(Hear.) Such being the fact, we must, at any rate, consider him of more liberal principles than the existing Ministers. The Noble Earl has invariably declared that that Bill ought to be carried out, not only to to the very letter, but to the fullest extent that its spirit would lead to ; and, if it were carried out to that extent, it would finally embrace, in the Noble Earl's opinion, three great measures, viz., Household Suf frage, Triennial Parliaments, and Voting by Ballot. The Earl of Durham's political principles are not of to-day. I remember him twenty-five years ago, when, as Mr. Lamb ton, and a Member of the House of Commons, he used to attend our spirited and liberal meetings at the Crown and Anchor Tavern ; and I can state, from my own personal observation, that Mr. Lambton advocated then the very same popular measures the Earl of Durham does now. —( Hear.) When I look back on the Noble Earl's political career—when I recall to mind his former political profes sions, and compare them with his present, I feel myself conscientiously justified in asserting that I never knew him in any one public instance to forfeit his word.—(Cheers.) I am not a person, Gentlemen, to blindly trust to the pro fessions of any public individual, but at the same time I do not think I have a right—nor has any one else—to impute motives to public characters before those motives are clearly exhibited by undisputed facts.—( Hear, hear.) There are, I know, some persons who find fault with the Earl of Durham's letter to Mr. Russell Bowlby, written soon after the Noble Earl's return from his mission in Russia, and who consider certain passages in that letter in the light of a disparagement of the Noble Earl's former political principles. I differ in opinion from those persons. I think the Noble Earl only wished that Reformers would for the present place in abey ance certain measures they contended for, and he advised them not to urge the consideration of those measures on Government, but to give Ministers a fair trial, and not em barrass them at the critical period of the accession of a youthful Sovereign to the throne.— ( Hear.) The Noble Earl must now see that Ministers had failed when put upon their trial—that they had not accomplished what they promised, and what the people expected from them ; and the Noble Earl, to be consistent with himself, must aid that Society and the liberal community at large, in their endeavours to obtain a better measure than the Reform Bill.—(Hear.) For my part, Gentlemen, I frankly confess that I am one of those persons who think it better for the rapid advance ment of liberty to have a Tory Administration than a Whig one, for then, knowin g with whom we had to deal, our course of action would be perfectly clear and straightforward. A Whig Administration, with its specious promises and appa rent liberality, lulls the people into self-confiding repose. A Tory one awakens their suspicion, puts them on their guard, and eventually rouses them into action. Then an advance in the path of liberty is promptly obtained. See what the Whigs have been doing--see the effects of their continuance in power. They have, ever since their accession to office, been studiously preparing the people for Tory misrule—they have been clearing the way for the successful domination of that faction, which the people helped them to deprive of ministerial power.—(H ear.) The apathy of a l arge p or ti on o f th e peop l e proved the fact, and it was time to look oat for some one who would be a means of saving them from the danger into which they were likely to fall. As the Earl of Durham has lately stated at Devonport, that his principles remained unchanged and unchangable," that they were still pre cisely the same as those he expounded to the people of Glasgow in 1834, and as those principles are to a certain extent the principles of this Society, I think it will not be inconsistent on our part if we wait upon his Lordship and present to him the address I have just had the honour of reading to you. As the Earl of Durham is an advocate for Household Suffrage, for Triennial Parliaments, and for Voting by Ballot, and if we had those three measures we would be enabled to put a stop, in a great measure, to intimidation, bribery and corruption, and, consequently, obtain a fuller and fairer representation of the people than we now possess, I think it sound policy on our parts, to give every assistance in our power to the Noble Earl in his efforts to carry such desirable measures into effect.—(Hear.) I have of late re ceived several letters from well informed correspondents, residing in different parts of the country, each and all ex pressing the opinion that the Earl of Durham was the man who was most likely and best fitted to obtain and carry out the Reforms the people wanted. Some may think there was another man equally as capable and as willing to effect those reforms as the Earl of Durham, and may point to Lord Brougham as the individual of their choice. Those persons may be right, and it is not my intention to enter into any discussion as to the comparative merits of those distinguished personages, but I cannot re frain from expressing the hope that the time may speedily arrive when the two great men I have alluded to will amal gamate (if I may be allowed the expression), and put forth their combined efforts for the good of the country at large. —(Hear.) I beg, Gentlemen, that you will observe that the address I have read contains no allusion whatsoever to Canada, and I will conclude by remarking, that if we had a House of Commons composed as we wish, and such as it wouldo t t n o e b v e e r , the av e o h c c a p u rpreennecde, fortha t w o calls o u f l d o r t u h o t this add a v e s r u e e s h s a bad Government as we have, and the affairs of Canada would not have been administered in the shameful way they have been for many years. e A u lr be submitted . CHabarittood to on th th ou e g m ht eet t i l n ia g t , atlsiethaedydhreasds notcould s not ye t all. h decid e d w h e th er any a dd ress s h ou ld b e presented at Dr. WA DE sa id th a t b e i ng an a d v ocate for Universal Suffrage, h e was perp l exe d ; f or h e did no t. see how he could consistently Suffragesuppo rt only.a n a d However,dre s s to a whenm he who saw a advocated Household of co-operation every d ay spr i ng i ng up b e tween the mid dling and workin g c l asses, an d as h e b e li eve d such co-ope rationi species d would tend to enlighten the latter, and make a them more patient und er t h e i r sufferings, Lord Durham being sort of link by whi c h t hi s union could be effected , he did not think he could be accused of inconsistency if he sup ported the address t o hi m. He looked upon t h e arrival of the Earl of Durham as a sort of windfall, blown to them in ordem to enable th em to b reak down the fina li ty s y s tem of the Whigs, to save them from being the dupes of that paltry party, and to rescue them from the abhorred slavery of the Tories.—(Hear, hear.) He considered th e Earl of Durh am as a spec i es of stepping-stone by which the Radical party might get out of the " Slough of Des pond ;" and it was for that reason that they ought to take up with Lord Durham.--..(Hear.) He would support the address. Mr. KEMP said that he would move as an amendment, " That no address at all be presented to the Noble Lord." —(Hear.) He considered the address had been got up in consequence of the Noble Earl's quarrel with his late friend s . It wa s p rema t ure, i nasmuch as they ought to wait and see whether he was prepared to carry out the measures they advocated. The reason the Tories had vilified the ATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA CANADIAN AFFAIRS. (FROM NEW YORK PAPERS, RECEIVED TO THE 27TH ULT.) (From the New York American.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Last evening the notorious M'Kenzie and his coadjutor, Dr. Theller, arrived here, and took lodgings at Brown's Hotel. This morning the walls were plastered with large placards, announcing that a meeting of " sympathy" would be held at Carusi's Saloon this evening, when the two above-named gentry would hold forth on the affairs of Canada. I understand that both the Globe and National Intelli gencer refused to insert an advertisement handed to them by M'Kenzie, containing a notice of the meeting. Early this morning, also, a communication from the Exe cutive was made to the clerks in the several departments, earnestly requesting them not to attend the meeting, or to countenance the proceedings in any way whatever. This argues well, and cannot fail to be satisfactory to the British Minister. At half-past six the doors of the saloon were opened, and shortly afterwards the two lions exhibited themselves. The spectator s amounted to about two hundred, consisting of sailors, Irishmen, negroes, and a company of firemen, who having been called out on a false alarm of fire, dropped in to see the exhibition. It was a motley group that would have immortalized Cruikshank. Falstaff's recruits were princes to them. A more miserable set of loafers it would be difficult to find. Upon the whole the meeting was a complete failure, and will teach the vagabond rebels that Washington is the last place to look for sympathy. General Macomb is still here. It is said that his absence from the northern frontier, at this critical juncture, has been alluded to in very severe terms in a certain high quarter. To this, however, the General pays no regard. He is very fond of waltzing, and of course prefers that to dancing a cotillion with the Canadian rebels. MONTREAL, Nov.2l.—The General Court Martial for the trial of the rebels met on Monday in a room in the Court-house. A warrant from his Excellency, Sir John Colborne, for the constitution of the Court was read, and as it merely recites the substance of the ordinance empowering him to bring to trial, in a summary manner, all persons concerned in the rebellion by court martial, we shall content ourselves with making the following ex tract from it, containing the names of the officers compos ing the Court : Major-General John Clitherow, President. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Eustace, 2d battalion Gre nadier Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Barnard, 2d battalion Grena dier Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel W. Grierson, 15th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel James Crauford, 2d battalion Gre nadier Guards. _ Major John Lloyd, 73d Regiment. Major Henry Townsend, 24th Regiment. Major Arthur W. Biggs, 7th Hussars. Captain William Eyre, 73d Regiment. Captain W. B. Smith, 15th Regiment. Captain Robert Marsh, 24th Regiment. Captain Henry A. Kerr, 2d battalion Royal Regiment. Captain Augustus Cox, 2d battalion Grenadier Guards. Captain, the Hon. George Cadogan, Grenadier Guards. Captain Hew A. R. Mitchell, Grenadier Guards. Captain Muller, of the Royal Regiment, has been ap pointed Deputy Judge Advocate of the C ourt . The 71st Regiment received orders y es t er d ay a f ternoon to hold themselves in readiness for light marc hi ng th i s morning—destination not known. PRISONERS TAKEN AT PRESCOTT. We have just been favoured with the following list of the prisoners taken a few days since at or near Prescott, and lodged in Fort Henry. How these pirates are to be dis posed of will now become a very serious question. It is sup posed they will be executed forthwith : NOMINAL RETURN OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR IN CON FINEMENT AT FORT HENRY, NOV. 16, 1838. Ernest Berms, from Cracow, Poland ; Jean O'Koyinsky, Cracow, Poland ; Hiram Loop, Nelson Griggs, Nelson Trucax, Truman Shipman, James Cummins, Martin Van Powers, Cornelius Goodrich, Andrew Slyk, D. S. Ri chards, Justice Miram, Hosea Wilkie, Chauncey Mathers, William O'Neill, David Field, Aaron Deeper, Thomas Sackton, Joseph Lefuen, George F. Brown, Samuel Living ston, and Foster Martin. John Thompson, from near Hexham, Northumberland, England, reported to have deserted seven or eight years ago from the 68th Reg. when in Canada, at Fort George. Timothy P. Rawson, Samuel Austin, William Gates, Charles Smith, Daniel George, John M. Jones, Patrick White, Rathkeale, co. Limerick, emigrated six years ago. (From the Albany Argus.) THE PRISONERS IN THE BATTLE AT PRESCOTT. The Oswego Palladiunz of Wednesday contains the proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of that place, called for the purpose of considering the propriety of peti tioning the Canadian authorities for the release of the American prisoners taken at the battle of Prescott. The meeting adjourned from Monday evening till Tuesday, when the following report was made by a Committee : " That upon mature deliberation,and having carefully con s: tiered the present state ofaffairs in regard to the revolutionary movements inCanada,and the sympathies awakened to agreat extent of our citizens, it is, in the opinion of the Committee, not . only injudi c i ous b ut wou ld prove w h o lly i ne ff ec t ua l, t o petition the authorities of Upper Canada for the release of our fellow-citizens, the prisoners rtaken at Prescott, the mis guided and deceived victims of the schemes of visionary and designing men. The whole matter is left to the discretion of those gentlemen who will give it immediate attention,viz. George H. M`Whorter, Henry Fitzhugh, Alvin Bronson, James Platt, Joseph Hunt, T. S. Morgan, Joel Turrill. (From th e C o b urg (Upper Canada) Star.) MURDER or C APTAIN U SHER . —We have t record one of the mo s t di a b ol i cal outrages ever p er petr ate d i n this coun try. The particulars, so far as we have learned them, are as follows : About two o'clock this morning three men went to the house of Mr. Taylor, on the Fort Erie road, and demanded admittan ce . O n Mr. Taylor open i ng th e d oor , t h ey or d ered him, on p a i n o f death, to de li ver up his money. Th ey th en commanded hi m to accompan y them to Mr. Ed gewort h Usher's, with whom they said they had some business. lie showed them the house, but refused to go with t em , upon which they threatened to murder him and bv.rn his house ; they accordingly did fire the house in two or three places, but the fire was soon extinguished, 'Yielding to miTtilaion, he at last went with them ; and, on their way down, they stopped at Mr. Dobiel's, aria compelled Mr. Ta ylor to call him up. They forced Mr.Dobiel to give them what money he had. They then departed, still taking Mr. Tay lor with them. Mr. Miller's was visited in the same way. On arriving at Mr, ijaier's they forced Mr, Taylor to call, no doubt with a view of insuring an entrance, being aware that his voice would be recognised by the family within. Mr. Usher came to the door, and asked Mr. Taylor what he wanted ; but he durst, not tell him, having been warned that if he did so he would be immediately shot. Mr. Usher opened the door, but seeing armed men, he immediately shut it again ; upon which one of the miscreants fired at him through a slip of glass at the side of the door. The ill fated gentleman received the ball in his body, and died in about an hour. The ruffians then left the scene of blood, and, after compelling Mr. Taylor to accompany them a con siderable way beyond his own house, they dismissed him, betaking themselves to the woods. Mr. Usher was a gentleman highly respected by all who knew him. He was a zealous Loyalist, and very active last winter as captain in the Militia, when Navy Island, which is just opposite his house, was occupied by the American pirates. He has left a widow and young family to mourn his premature death. From the Frontier. The Montreal Papers of Monday contain two Ordi nances passed by the Special Council, one declaring and defining the period when the rebellion shall be taken to have ceased, to wit, when the administrator of the Govern ment shall issue his proclamation to that effect ; the other authorising the appointment of Justices of the Peace and Stipendiary Magistrates until the Ist of May, 1840. Sir John Colborne has issued his proclamation extending martial law to the district of St. Francis, with the pro visions of the Ordinance for the suppression of the rebellion in that district. " STANSTEAD, Nov. 13, 1838.—While I write, the militia are pouring in, though with but few arms. Our cavalry are drilling without arms, while our volunteer com pany is but partially filled up, and their brave captain, A. Kilburn, was last night severely wounded in the abdomen, in returning from Barnston, whither he had been for the purpose of arresting Dr. Beech and H. Hollister, on a warrant. He supposes 1•? or 15 assassins waylaid and shot at him. Mr. J. W. Martin, who was, with three others, with him, had his horse shot dead, and he himself escaped by running. THE UNITED STATES. " THE NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY.--The Commis- sioners appointed by the Government of Maine to exa mine the north-east boundary line have concluded their duties, and returned to their homes. The Bangor Courier says, We understand that they found very distinctly marked highlands at the point where the waters divide between the St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean, and all the country north of St. John River extremely mountainous. The country where the waters divide is not level and swampy, as has been repre sented and believed by many, but lies in mountains and dividing highlands, corresponding to the terms of the treaty of 1783. " The Commissioners have not only ascertained that there are such highlands, but that they rise in some places into mountains, and we learn that they have, moreover, discovered the boundary line itself, as marked out by the Commissioners under the treaty of 1782, and all the monu ments established at that time to fix the line. If this is the case, the long pending, unpleasant question between this country and [Great Britain will be settled at once, without difficulty. (From the St. Louis Republican of the 12th inst.) FURTHER FROM THE MORMONS.—The account ()f a bloody butchery of thirty-two Mormons, on Splawns Creek, is fully confirmed. Two children were killed, we presume from accident. Considerable plunder—such as beds, hats, tk.c., were taken from the slaughtered. Not one of the as sailants was killed or hurt. About the time of the surrender several Mormon houses sere burnt in Chariton, and one Mormon, who refused to leave, killed. At Far West, after the surrender, a Mormon had his brains dashed out by a man who accused the Mormon of burning his house in Daviss. We copy the above paragraphs from the Gazette of Saturday evening. We are sorry to say that our own in formation corroborates the details. For the honour of the State, we could have wished that such savage enormities had not attended a controversy in itself disgraceful enough. Will the actors in the tragedy be suffered, by the Courts of that district, to go unpunished ? NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, Sec., Nov 26. The sales of shares at the Stock Board on Saturday were very large, an d a t p r i ces t h at ev i nce the most indifferent- spirit and feeling among monied men and operators in stocks to make investments. We will merely give the de cline of Saturday's prices from Friday's rates ;--United States Bank per cent. ; Delaware and Hudson l a to II ; Mohawk Railroad l to 2 ; Haarlem 2to 0,4 ; Stonington 2 to 3 ; and Paterson 1 per cent. " The Ui:ited States Bank are now sellers of bills on England, at 109; per cent. This institution being out of market during the past week, caused private bills and bills of some of the other banks to advance to 110 to 1101 per cent., which created some fears that shipments of specie might be required. Bills on France, sf. liie. " Money the past week has not been quite so easy as for some time previous, which was undoubtedly partially in fluenced by the high rates of exchange. " Our Philadelphia advices of Saturday state that busi ness was very materially falling off, and that the stock of American and woollen goods remaining on hand is not half as large as at the same period last year. " From New Orleans our advices are to the 17th in stant. There had not been any great advance in business during the week previous. The sales of cotton had been about 7,000 bales, at a decline of 4c. per pound, which re duction, however, did not extend to choice and superior parcels. The banks had been doing but a very trifling business in the way of discounting, but money matters out of doors had much improved, owing to an increase both of capital and confidence ; short paper was commuted for at llto 21 per cent. per month. Exchange on New York was very abundant, and was readily taken up at to I per cent, premium for bills at five days' si g ht ; bills at 30 days were at a per cent. discount ; and 60 days, 1 per cent. discount. NEW YORK FLOUR AND GRAIN MARKET, SATURDAY, P.M. Holders of Western Flour continue steady in demanding 8,62 k dollars for good common brands, and fancy in Ty ro _ portion ; sales of small parcels, however, are only effected at these rates, and an order of any magnitude could no doubt be executed at previous quotations —say at 8,50 dol lars to 8,75 dollars. Georgetown is in lively demand for City use. The quantity of Flour arrived at tide water for the second week in November was 91,722 barrels. No sales of Grain of any moment. A parcel of 300 hhds. Flaxseed has been shipped by the Roscius for Liverpool at 15 dollars, The Baltimore Market for the past week has been quiet, and without change in prices. Howard-street is quoted at 7,75 dollars to 7,871 dollars from store, and 7,611 dollars from waggon ; City Mills, ;8,75 dollars ; Susquehannah, 8 dollars. The inspections of the week were 12,272 bar rels. The sales of Wheat had been considerable at 1,65 dollars to 1,70 dollars for red, 1,76 dollars for white ; Corn 86 to 88 for old, and 65 to 78 for new ; Oats, 40 to 42c. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BRUSSELS. DEc. 14.—The King has received a letter from the Sultan in answer to the letters recalling Baron O'Sullivan De Grass, and putting an end to his mission as Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Hieffiness. DEC. 15.—The second regiment of infantry of the line, with the staff, arrived here yesterday 137 the iron railroad. The regiment consists of 2,000 raen, who are quartered in the city. It is part of the tl.i r d division which is going to Luxemburg. Abmit 1,500 militia of the class of 1837 have also arr;:ced at Brussels. The Politique of Uege says, " We are assured that the Governor of Maestricht has just ordered large quantities of provision and forage to be laid in, and that news has been received in that town that Venloo, Ruremond, 'and Weirt will be shortly occupied by the Prussians. Hi*: iierto, ' however, th e P russ i an army h as made no mov e m ents, and the greatest tranquility prevails on its frontier',. Neither does it seem that Holland intends to streng9',en the garri son of Maestricht, which is still 5,0 P,;) c-ien." DUTCH FUNDS.— AIIeT;RDAIst, Dec. 14. Money. Bills. kctual Debt, 2% ';•er Ce , :,i Ditto, ditto 5 'per cen`. A wort tiv , :..:tic, 4 ••=, percent. 91% 05 Ditto, ditto, 3Y4 per cent 7S4 78% Cor..mercial Company, 4 ',:, per cent 174 175% , . _Mtn (Ir-32 and 1833) 5 per cent. Loan lEt36, 4 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month ..,. 12 025,c, Two months BELGIAN I , UNDS—BaussELS, DEC. 15. Actual Debt N per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. 99 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 9O per Cent.... 65% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent ........ . Society of Commerce, 4% per Cent. Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent...—. .... ...... 136 NO. : Lona' Society ••. .... —Brussels Papers, D ec. 15. " .Y.. 118 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, DEC. 7. Five per Cents. Metalliques .................... ........ .. FourFo 107% per Cents... ......... .. .... .. .. . ............ . 100 Three per Cents. ... ..... ••••••••••, 81 Bank Shares .... .......................... . .................... 1511 --AllgemeineZeitung, Dec.l3. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BRetax, DEC. 10. BM t. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. ... ......... .10 & Money. 3 Prussian English Lean, 1830, 4 per cent. 1021 i 1024 102% ll.xchange on Landon, t h ree months ... 6 21% —Prussian State Gazette. Dec. 11. —......_ Mr. Power has at length arrived in the Rarcius f after a passage of nineteen days. The first half of the journey they accomplished in six days. He will, therefor:e, positively appear in the Irish Ambassador and the Irish. Lion this evening. CORN-LAW FALLA( ANSWE ;T~" • - (Continued from The Sun o it. 710, 324.—1 n order however, to prevent the ruinous consequences that would necessarily result, from the unlimited admission of foreign grain, the following resolutions, are submitted to the consideration of those, who are anxious to maintain an oppo site system. Resolved,- 1. That it is in the highest degree unjust, and even absurd to expect, diet the rents and profits derived from British agri culture, shall be expended in the purchase of goods produced from foreign materials, while the manufacturers of these goods, resolve to encourage the consumption of foreign agricultural produce, and insist on the repeal of those laws, which have been enacted for the protection of domestic agriculture.—O n the Corn-laws. From the " Code of Agriculture." By the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart._.. Addenda, No. sr. ANSWER.—it is " quite optional." The landlords may spend their rents anywhere else, if they like. If they would prefer shirts made of cotton grown in hot-houses, they have the power of making the experiment. But if what is in view is a threat to individual manufacturers, the answer will be given when the threat is better defined. 325.-2. That those manufacturers, on inquiry, must be convinced, that the home market is their best resource : That the destruction of British agriculture, w ould be ruinous to themselves ; and that a dependence on foreigners for their food, is the most hazardous of all speculations. —ld. A.—The manufacturers have penetrated the absurdity, of being invited to make a bad market where they might have a good, and then be thankful for their luck, Wait till the manufacturers have got a tax on home grown corn, and see how learnedly they will talk to the agriculturists, of the value of their home market, and the ruin to themselves of destroying British manufactures. If the manufacturers would be answered " Take what falls to your share but do not tax other people,"—why not the agriculturists ? 326.-3. That all shopkeepers, and dealers in manufactured goods, be informed, that it is incumbent upon them, to point out to the manufacturers with whom they deal, the ruinous effects that would necessarily result, from the conduct they propose to adopt : That if these manufacturers are successful in their attempts to destroy British agriculture, it would ter minate in their own ruin ; and that the manufacturers of Great Britain are never in so prosperous a state, as when its agricul ture flourishes.—ld. A.—lf the shopkeepers and dealers are wise, they will go over to the enemy in mass. Why are the shopkeepers to desire to have the petty custom of the monopolists, instead of the greater custom of a state of freedom ? As well tell the old woman who sells gingerbread to the mail-coach at starting, that she will be ruined by the introductio❑ of rail roads. Why should not she sell twice as much to the pas sengers that start upon the railroad ? It is to be feared she would make a bad missionary. 327-4. That if any attempt is made, in the approaching Parliament, to destroy, or even to diminish, the protection which the agricultural interests of Great Britain and Ireland now enjoy, the agricultural classes of the empire must unite, iii counteracting it; and that petitions ought to be presented to Parliament, from every parish in the united kingdom, against any attempt to destroy, or materially to impair that protection, which British agriculture ought to enjoy. —ld. A.—See how the manufacturer, when the time comes, will get up petitions from every parish in the united king dom, against any attempt to destroy, or materially to im pair that protection, which British manufacture s ought to enjoy in the shape of a tax on home-grown corn. 328. —And, 5. For the purpose of preventing the purchasing of goods, manufactured by those who apply to Parliament for enacting measures so ruinous to the general interests of the empire, that those shopkeepers who promote so destructive a system, shall no longer be dealt with by any friend to agricul ture.—ld. A.—Threats of exclusive dealing, in general turn out very useless. If both sides do their worst, the result is a balance with plague, instead of a balance without. But it is useful to know who it was that began. 329.—There is no thinking individual, who must not be shocked at the idea, of a great country depending on foreign nations for food, when by any exertions, and at any expense, it can raise that food at home.—ld. A.—lt cannot raise that food at home ;itis a contradic tion in terms. The object is always to squeeze a portion of the community out of existence for want of food, and then say the community has been fed. This squeezing, is the thing to be shocked at. 330. —The only pretence for placing a nation in that hazar dous situation is, that the grain may be had cheaper. That may occasionally be the case ; but dearly would th a t a d vantage be obtained, if a country is entirely put in the power of foreign nations, and of domestic dealers in, and importers of corn, -_ld. A.—Why not be in the power of " domestic dealers in, and importers o f corn ," as we ll as of the landlords ? The domestic dealers and importers cannot increase the price of corn if they would ; the landlords double it by Act of Par liament. And even if they could increase it, why should not all the benefits arise from dear corn which the landlords preach ? But it is well to explode the vulgar error, that dealers and importers can raise the price of corn. The importers can raise it by not importing, which it may be supposed is what the landlords want ; but by nothing else. If a dealer withholds corn one day, he must sell it another ; and in so withholding, he is unconsciously doing the service of economizing the consumption according to the appearance of supply. He is doing the office which the purser in a starving vessel does, when he settles the day's rations ac cording to the supplies collected from the ships they meet, and the probability of more. If he sometimes over-keeps his corn, the best housewife sometimes does the same ; and it is most certain that neither do it if they can help it. The most ludicrous of all things, is to hear the landlords crying out on the perils of monopoly. No man can mono— polise, without an Act of Parliament. 331. When once it is ascertained that we must depend on foreign nations For food, the price abroad necessarily rises. I n .. deed, that~r y circumstance is one of the arguments used i n favour of ;mportation, and our making purchases abroad. It is said t...at foreign manufacturers can under.soll us, because they have cheaper food; but it is contended, that if t h e price of fr,od is raised by our purcha s i ng their grain, they will be less able to contend with our manufacturers, and the rivalship would be carried on more on a footing of equality. What then becomes of the arguments, in favour of the ex p ectation of pro— curing cheap food from foreign countries, when it is naaira— tained, that, in the result, corn will become as dear abroad as at home ?—ld. A.—There is no end of the see-saw of the interested. It has been explained over and over, that corn in ether countries must rise according to tl:ie proportion whien the British demand bears to their viliole production ; which can never raise prices abroad to the present British, because at the present British there would be no demand at all. We, therefore, shall have the benefit of the difference. 332.—1 n case of war, it is evident, that there can be no certainty of our obtaining the necessary supplies, and above all, at the places where a supply is wanted. How could London be regularly fed, more especially in time of war, and since the invention of steam navigation, if it depended upon the Baltic for its provisions, and if the ports of Belgium were in the possession of a hostile power ? In time of war also, the grain we should import, would be loaded with the burdens of additional freight and insurance. Could London then be supplied as cheaply from foreign parts, as from Kent, Norfolk or Suffolk ?—ld. A.—Why do not we supply London with coals by land carriage, lest at one time the communication by sea should be cut off by foreigners Simply because it is time enough to begin when the necessity ba:, arrived. London could no more exist without coals ti . an without corn. 333.—1 n short, tb , : re are such multiplied risks, connected with the propc,sell plan of depending on importation, and so many powerful objections can be urged against it, that none but persons having a direct interest in its establishment, would ever 'think of urging it; and a nation which would suffer so dangerous a system to be pursued, would well deserve all the calamities that must necessarily result from its adoption.—ld. A.—" In short, there are such multiplied certainties of loss and misery, from the plan of prohibiting foreign com merce and confining a people to breed on a limited quantity of food, that none but persons having a direct interest in its establishment, would ever think of urging it ; and a nation which suffers such a dangerous system to be pursued, well deserves all th e ca l am i t i es that result from its adoption., 334. --Domestic agriculture, therefore, ought to be pro tected, as the real source of public as well as private prospe rity ; and the only sure foundation of all those blessings which, under the guidance of a gracious power, can either e►.nrich or ennoble a country.—ld. A.—Corn in flower-pots on the tops of houses, is domestic agriculture. But it is by no means " the only sure foun dation," if other corn is to be artificially kept out. [To BE CONTINUED.] A buxom widow, residing in Park-street, Bradford, being persuaded by the fascinating keeper of a beer-shop in Pitt-lane to exchange her weeds for the silken bands of wedlock, repaired to Shipley church one day last week, to unite her lot with that of the publican. Owing to some mistake they could not then be married ; but after a day or two had elapsed they again went to Shipley, and the clergyman commenced the ceremony, but he had not pro ceeded far before the widow's son entered the c h urc h , an d i m mediately forbade the marriage, stating as his reason that they both resided in Bradford, whereas in the publication of the bans they were stated to reside in Shipley ; he de clared it was a most unlikely match, and he would, if pos sible, prevent it. The clergyman declared the objection to be fatal, and refused to complete the ceremony. They returned to Bradford deeply mortified, determining to complete their happiness at some distant place ; but cir cumstances have since caused the publican to, alter his mind, and he now declares he will have her at no price.-- Halifax Express. ( s r y. 5 I ' - i -.... , 1 ,-. - .-(c ... ",...., , ,-• ,, ( .74' .I,* e,t, -4....., 1Yi.AX5."'.,.t`.." t'l.,M ••,..,